University of Ottawa bilingual business card / QR code.

Title

University of Ottawa bilingual business card / QR code.

Subject

Two QR codes on each poster representing bilingualism.

Description

QR codes are frequently found on the University of Ottawa campus in 2025, often used on; business cards, posters, tickets, and menus. Each code being particular and specifically curated for the organisation who created it, made up of small black and white squares arranged in a grid. QR codes are important because they allow for versatility with marketing as they hold much more data and can help reduce the use of paper. By scanning the code with a cellphone camera, the QR quickly brings the students to informational sites and links. On this poster there are two QR codes, one leading to the French website and one to the English website. This represents how this technology is crucial and a staple for the University of Ottawa students in 2025 as it caters to the bilingualism that is a core value of the university, as well as being an efficient way of accessing information on campus through cellphones.

Creator

University of Ottawa, QR code originally created by Masahiro Hara.

Source

Acquired from: 
Advanced Research Complex of the University of Ottawa, 25 Templeton St, Ottawa, ON K1N 7P6.

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Curated by: Erica Doucet-MacDonald; Fred Gagne; Maya Norgaard; Lorelie Houde

Publisher

University of Ottawa, Denso Waves.

Date

Accessed: 2025-10-18

Date: 1994 QR code was created, later popularized in 2021

Contributor

University of Ottawa.

Rights

Creator of the QR code / organisation.

Format

Flyers, posters, or cards with a QR code to scan with electronic device.

Language

English

French

Type

Hybrid object; physically on materials, containing information existing in the digital sphere.

Coverage

Made and displayed on University of Ottawa campus in 2025.